Line #4 Recap/SouthParkS12E2BritneysNewLook


1	'''Original air date:''' 3/19/2008
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3	The boys decide to cash in on capturing footage of Music/BritneySpears' current erratic behavior, as that's making the news more than anything about the 2008 election or the war in Iraq, but when Britney blows her head off after mistaking Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Butters for her children and is still forced to perform and make appearances, the boys must save Britney from the trappings of fame.
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6	!!"Britney's New Look" contains examples of:
7	* AndIMustScream: Britney Spears survived the shot, but only has the lower half of her face, and is unable to see, hear, or talk; she only makes horrible gurgling noises with what's left of her mouth and neck.
8	* AnimalDisguise: The boys make Butters dress as a squirrel so they can take a picture of Britney crapping on a squirrel and get rich.
9	* ButtMonkey: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Butters is stuck wearing a squirrel costume]] and is captured by people who mistake him for one.
10	* BelievingYourOwnLies: The train driver seems to think a picture of a camels toe looks exactly like Britney.
11	* CelebrityIsOverrated: Britney Spears is shown to hate her fame due to the obsession people have for her. She even shoots herself after Stan, Kyle and Cartman attempt to take advantage of her, blowing most of her head off in the process.
12	* ContinuityCavalcade: The crowd of photographers at the climax is filled with characters from previous episodes, all complicit with sacrificing Britney Spears.
13	* DownerEnding: Despite Stan and Kyle's best attempts to get her to safety, Britney is still caught by the townspeople and sacrificed by being photographed to death. To make matters worse, the cycle will begin all over again with Miley Cyrus as the next sacrifice.
14	* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[TokenEvilTeammate Cartman]] is just as horrified as the other boys upon witnessing Britney shooting her face off, even bowing out of the scheme and sitting out the rest of the episode.
15	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Stan and Kyle are initially among the people wanting to take advantage of Britney Spears. When she almost kills herself, however, they spend the rest of the episode trying to save Britney from everyone else's harassment. However, at the ending, they reluctantly join in on their plans on sacrificing Miley Cyrus after they give up on trying to talk some sense in the adults.
16	* HeelRealization: Seeing Britney Spears nearly kill herself makes Stan and Kyle realize how wrong they were for trying to take advantage of Britney's mental state, for cash.
17	* HellIsThatNoise: The unintelligible gurgling noises Britney makes while trying to talk with half her head blown off.
18	* HereWeGoAgain: After Britney's death, everyone then notices Miley Cyrus is becoming popular and name her the newest sacrifice...
19	* HumanSacrifice: It turns out the whole point of Britney Spears' suffering, along with hundreds of other girls before her, is to sacrifice her for a bountiful harvest. The difference is that people in modern times would rather force the sacrifice to kill herself rather than stone her to death.
20	* InsaneTrollLogic: The paparazzi thinks that killing Britney Spears is the ''only'' solution in harvesting their crops. Needless to say, there ''are'' other more effective solutions, though they were clearly too stupid to think of them.
21	* {{Jerkass}}:
22	** Randy forces Stan and his friends to watch the news despite their protests.
23	** The entire paparazzi who bullied, stalked, and harassed Britney even after nearly killing herself, part of it being that she's a HumanSacrifice to improve crop yield. Somewhat unsurprisingly, Randy is one of them.
24	* JerkassBall:
25	** Liane and Sharon, of all people, are the ones amongst the paparazzi.
26	** To a lesser degree, Stan and Kyle, at least in the beginning. They force [[ButtMonkey Butters]] to wear a squirrel suit so he can get humiliated by Britney Spears and insult him when he rightfully protests. That being said, they do clean up their act after witnessing Britney's BungledSuicide.
27	* LemonyNarrator: When Stan and Britney are on a train to the North Pole, while a disguised Kyle lures the paparazzi away.
28	* LosingYourHead: Britney's failed suicide took off most of her head but left her brain stem intact, leaving her still alive and mobile, but [[AndIMustScream unable to speak, see, hear, or comprehend what's happened to her]].
29	* MurderBySuicide: The town of South Park do this to Britney by tormenting her until she dies.
30	* PaperThinDisguise:
31	** Butters dresses up a squirrel; everyone actually ''believes he is one'' and tries to capture him.
32	** Kyle has a blonde wig on his head to impersonate Britney Spears. The townsfolk buy into it until Kyle reveals himself.
33	* NotSoAboveItAll:
34	** Sharon and Liane are among those seen in the paparazzi mob who photograph Britney to death.
35	** One of the many people in the crowd at the end is [[Recap/SouthParkS7E12AllAboutMormons Mrs. Harrison]]. Even ''[[NiceGuy Mormons]]'' are involved with the ritual.
36	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Britney shoots herself, Cartman decides to leave the room and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse doesn't appear again afterwards]], making it clear that he doesn't want to escalate it further.
37	* ShamingTheMob: Kyle gives one to the paparazzi after they shame Britney Spears one too many times. Unfortunately for him, they don't listen.
38	* ShoutOut:
39	** The plot is based on the short story ''Literature/TheLottery''.
40	** The scene where Stan tries to get Britney to the North Pole is a parody of ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'', right down to the Creator/JimmyDurante-esque narrator.
41	** Britney's titular new look is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken Mike the Headless Chicken]].
42	* TakeThat: To the perverse obsession with celebrities and every aspect of their personal lives, no matter how banal or personal, perpetuated not only by the paparazzi who stalk and harass them for the sake of getting a story but also the fans of celebrity gossip who keep demanding it, despite (or even ''[[HumansAreBastards because]]'' [[HumansAreBastards of]]) how much psychological damage it does to the subject.
43	* TokenGoodTeammate: Butters, in the beginning, is the only one of the boys to be against humiliating Britney Spears for a quick buck (only joining them because he's a [[ExtremeDoormat total pushover]]) and is the first character to express sympathy for her. After Britney blasts her head off, he calls out Stan and Kyle for their callousness.
44	--> '''Butters:''' ''(Angrily)'' [[WhatTheHellHero You killed her!]]
45	* UngratefulTownsfolk: The people in South Park. They mercilessly terrorize Britney Spears into [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]] and sabotage the heroes' goal to take her to safety simply because they apparently need a HumanSacrifice for their [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext corn harvest]].
46	* WhamLine: When Kyle tries to reason with the paparazzi that all of the stress they're giving Britney Spears will kill her.
47	--> '''Paparazzi:''' Son, you don't seem to understand. Britney Spears... [[InsaneTrollLogic has to die]].
48	* WhatTheHellHero: Butters calls out Stan and Kyle on their callousness during Britney's BungledSuicide.

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